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lVIACl-HNE FOR CULTIVATING OR CHARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,958, dated December17, 1901.

Application filed November 28, 1900. Serial No. 38,087. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. LYMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Cultivating Orchards and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for cultivatingorchards and farms.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and durableframe or carriage for attaching different kinds of farming implements,and especially for attaching a treecultivator, so as to be adjusted tothe different ground over which the cultivator runs, so as to throw thedirt in any desired direction, and to cultivate under the limbs clear upto the tree without injury to the fruit-tree or roots. These objects Iattain by means of the mechanism hereinafter fully described, set forthin the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top elevation of theentire device. Fig. 2 is a similar view from the bottom side. Fig. 3 isa detail View, in vertical longitudinal section, with parts inelevation, showing the levers, with their attachments. Fig. 4 is adetailed view of the attachingblock, a pair of blades, and a lever andconnections. Fig. 5 shows the harrow; Fig. 6, a rake and Weeder; Fig. 7,a stalkcutter; Fig. 8, a disk harrow. Fig. 9 is a grader. Fig. 10 is asmoother.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

A is a framework of the carriage, made-any desired size and shape,preferably made of angle iron or steel, as shown, provided with a seatfor the driver, levers for raising and lowering the cultivator, and alsoa lever for adjusting the depth of the cultivator by raising or loweringthe teeth or plows. Said frame A rests upon three wheels, the back one Bbeing pivoted to swing in any desired direction to enable the carriageto turn as desired, the front end being provided with a tongue 0 forguiding the same. Said tongue is preferably hinged to the frame and madelight 'to be easy upon the team. The whiffietrees are attached to bracesA on the front side of the frame for making a low draft on the machine.Side wheels 13 may be made any desired height for supporting the frame.To the said frame A are secured two hinged rods D, the upper end being,preferably, hinged to the axle of wheels E the back ends being hinged toblocks D which are attached to the bar G of the implement.

There are two of these blocks, one at each side of the machine, thusenabling the implement to be raised and lowered as desired. This objectI accomplish by means of the lever E This lever E is provided with theordinary th umb-piece E and connecting-rod E for operating a slidingratchet E said sliding ratchet E for holding the lever in place to keepthe implement in any desired position. The lever E has suitable bearingsin the stationary ratchet E and in the frame A.

E is a link having pivotal connection with the bar F and thelowerhorizontal extension of the lever E (See Fig. 3.) Thus by raisingthe lever E the bar G, to which the shovels or blades II are attached,is tilted, and by lowering the lever the bar is returned to its formerposition, as desired.

The machine may be adjusted to any shaped ground by means of the lever Eand also the depth of the shovels or blades H may be regulated by thesame lever.

I is a lever having a spring-ratchet Iiwith a thumb-piece I foroperating the same in a ratchet I Said lever I also has suitablebearings I in the frame A and an arm I.

K is a link hinged to the arm I of lever I at one end, the other endbeing hinged to the bar G. The bar G is raised bodily by cooperation ofthe levers E and I.

L is a support attached to the bar G, so that as the lever I is raisedit raises the back part of the bar G and when lowered lowers the same,and thus raises the back ends of the blades H or puts them deeper whendesired. Rotating disks may be used in place of the blades; but I preferthe blades.

The bar G has the blocks D rigidly secured thereto. Said bar G may beset so as to have one end project to one side, so as to cultivate underthe limbs of trees without injury to the fruit, or may be set in themiddle of the frame, as desired. I pad the outer end of bar G when thedevice is used for circular cultivation around trees. Said bar G may beprovided with difierent tools, blades, or plows, or the bar may bereplaced by other bars having different tools attached. To illustrate,the blades H may be replaced with teeth for a spring-toothed harrow, asshown at Fig. 5.

Said harrow M may be changed into a marker by removing part of theteeth, or a cultivator by removing teeth to straddle the rows.

The roller S or smoother B may be used in connection with the treecultivator or harrow. For this purpose they are attached to the backpart of the frame A by any suitable means.

Cultivators are attached under the frame A the same as bar G, heretoforedescribed. Said cultivators are for cultivating corn-rows, and cultivatefrom one to three rows at a time. The blades are arranged to throw thedirt to or from the plants, as desired.

Blades H are provided with double fastenings, the front end beingsecured to bar G, the other bolt or fastening being attached to a falseor sliding bar G Said sliding bar G is attached to the bar G by means ofplates G Said plates and sliding bar are provided with ratchets or teethto hold the same firmly in any desired position for setting the bladesat difierent angles. Said blades H have a sharp lower edge, whichextends downward and backward, while the body of the blade is curvedsimilar to a plowshare, so that the edge of the blade instead of thepoint cuts into the ground and throws it to one side, thus acting as anumber of small plows, yet having no forward-projecting points to catchupon roots or rocks, so that in cultivating trees it will loosen thesurface of the ground and destroy the weeds and Vegetation withoutinjuring the roots of the trees. Said blades are made rights and lefts,as desired.

The rake shown in Fig. 6 consists of a bar N, made of one piece of anglesteel, having an upward projection N through which are holes at suitabledistances for the teeth V to pass through. Said teeth V are made thus:

bend in the middle being provided with a bolt through the bar N, whichholds the two teeth firmly in position.

In order that the levers may raise and lower the ends of the cultivator,suitable provision should be made for flexing the lever attachmentslongitudinally. Any well known means for this purpose may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine for cultivating orchards the combination with the frameand the trans? verse bar G, and the shovels carried thereby, of a leverfor tilting the said bar, and a lever and connect-ions with the said barattached to the bar in the same transverse plane as the attachment ofthe first-mentioned lever con-, structed for cooperation with thetilting lever for raising said bar bodily, as set forth.

2. In combination with blade H for stirring the ground; of bars G, G";frame A, having wheels B, B lever E for tilting said bar and a lover Icooperating with the lever E for raising and lowering the said bar G andthe cutting-blades.

3. In combination with a frame A, having wheels B, B of a bar G,provided with tools for stirring the ground and lever E I, and a tongue0, for guiding the same, all substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of a frame,wheels upon which it is mounted, bladesfor stirring the ground, a transverse bar, levers for adjusting thedepth of the blades, and means pivotally connected to said bar bypivotal connections for raising said bar bodily, all substantially asand for the purpose described.

I11 testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM II. LY MAN.

\Vitnesses:

S. A. HASELTINE, W. H. PRESTON.

